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International Team

The International Team promotes international activity in Brighton & Hove, supports council departments and external groups across Brighton & Hove in developing bids to access EU and other international  funding, and provides links to partner organisations across Europe and the wider world.

The following services can be accessed by organisations across Brighton & Hove.

Brighton & Hove City Council European & International Strategy

European & International Strategy [MSWord 177kb]

Information on EU funding opportunities

With approximately 200 different funding streams available from the EU alone, the team actively promotes key grants that are relevant to Brighton & Hove. These include Interreg IVa which supports cross border co-operation projects with France, Belgium and the Netherlands, European Social Fund which promotes 'employability' and the Lifelong learning programme which provides funding for schools projects.  In addition, through the e-mail bulletin service the team provides information on other EU and International funds and grants as well as partner searches received. We have around 60 different distribution lists, please contact us if you wish to be added to any of them.

International Update Newsletter

The Spring 2010 edition of the International Update [pdf 1.44MB] is now available.

Advice and support on the development of funding bids

This includes bidding workshops, one-to-one meetings and provision of written briefing materials on funding streams. The team receives additional support through the Southern England Local Partners Office in Brussels which provides access to Brussels based contacts and events as well as giving:

• advice regarding EU project implementation
• information on EU policy developments
• advice and assistance on lobbying on the development of EU policies with local relevance
• advice and support on networking with European partners

The team provides a partner search service for projects requiring European partners. Brighton & Hove is a member of the Arc Manche network and became a member of Eurocities in July 2009. Both networks can provide potential partners for projects. Brighton & Hove was previously in Eurotowns, holding the presidency until the end of 2007, and was also the lead partner in the Eurotowns CAPTURE project. This was a network of towns across Europe, working together to exchange best practice on developing the knowledge economy. The project was part funded through the Interreg IIIc programme.

Please contact the team to access any of the services outlined above:

• International Office (01273) 292622

 

For more information on European Funding programmes go to the European Union website.

EQUAL

EQUAL Brighton & Hove was a city-wide initiative that aimed to widen access to employment and training for 'hard to reach' groups. It was 50% funded through European Social Fund and had a budget of around £10.5 million for the two years of the project. The project had around 70 organisations involved in delivering 25 projects across the city. The EQUAL project closed in December 2007